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Ferguson’s Commitment to Supply Chain Excellence Drives Customer Satisfaction

Logistics Viewpoints

Michael Jacobs, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain at Ferguson PLC In 2022, I wrote an article called The Best Supply Chain Company You Have Never Heard Of. The company sources goods from 36,000 suppliers out of 30 nations. We opened our first market distribution center in Denver, our second one in Phoenix, and our third in Houston.

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From 2022 and beyond: Procurement’s Future

Proxima

However, 2022 will be the year when the function we have grown up with and the roles it performs will deliberately start to break itself up! 2022 will see more dramatic business changes. But the primary buffer in 2022 will be more stocks and fat in the supply chain to smooth the bumps. At the moment, this is procurement’s time.

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Reports That TSMC Eyeing Second Fab Production Facility in the U.S.

Supply Chain Matters

Citing sources familiar with plans, The Wall Street Journal report ( Paid subscription or metered view ) indicates that the semiconductor producer plans to announce in the coming months the building of a second cutting-edge plant north of Phoenix, Arizona , a presence that the chip maker originally committed to in 2020.

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Supply chain reshoring: where things stand now

Resilinc

And the largest net jump in jobs forecast came in computer and electronics due mostly to investment in semiconductor manufacturing such as Taiwan-based TSMC’s $12 billion investment in a 5nm node fab in Phoenix, Arizona. In Europe, FDI in manufacturing declined by 20% in 2020, according to EY. After declining 12.8% in 2021 and 4.1%

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

When my flight canceled, I was en route to the annual AMR conference in Phoenix. In 2022, I frequently ask companies to draw their river of demand. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.) We source this data from Y charts.

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U.S. Announces TSMC Incentives for U.S. Based Semiconductor Production

Supply Chain Matters

According to multiple reports, TSMC now has plans to invest upward of $65 billion into the design, construction and operation of three semiconductor fab facilities in Phoenix, Arizona. Chips Act passed in 2022. In July of 2022, Samsung announced significant plans to invest in U.S. Commerce Department has today awarded a $6.6

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TSMC Ups its Investment in U.S. Based Semiconductor Fab Production

Supply Chain Matters

based consumer electronics provider Apple was considering sourcing of the chip fabrication of its advanced design semiconductor processors within the U.S. The implications of this potential sourcing move were obviously significant from an overall industry and U.S. In mid-November, we highlighted reports indicating that U.S.